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dpb

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On May 6, 8:45 am, dpb wrote:
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On May 6, 9:14�am, nick hull wrote:
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�KD wrote:
Then things got stupid. �I pulled the truck around front, tied a loop in
the cable, and dropped it over the trailer hitch. �Carefully I inched
forward, but as soon as the cable pulled taut, the ground rod bent, and
the cable slipped off of it. �(this is better than what I expected,
which was the cable snapping and whipping around. �So SWMBO was standing
well away from all this mess.) �It had a good bite in the ground, but
bent right where the clay under-soil gave way to actual topsoil, maybe
9" to a foot below the surface.
Screw in a ground anchor at an angle so the cable pulls STRAIGHT in line
with the anchor. �Look at how the phone co puts guy wires on their poles.
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overall putting tension on the tree is a bad idea.
imagine people walking by, tension device perhaps messed with earlier
by kids snaps, or just breaks for unknown reasons.
major lawsuit
Yeah, just imagine! Sheesh!!!

It isn't that good of an idea simply because it probably won't work with
very satisfactory results and will take a lot of time by which he could
have a new planting reach nearly the same size. But worry over
liability would be _way_ down the list.

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perhaps liability would be down your list.

but your homeowners insurance might not cover intential creation of
such a hazard.

people sue for anything.

would you want a 5 or 10 year case dragging thru the courts?

The problem is you're again making mountains out of nothing but
conjecture...

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